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Common Elements:
Amon (pl. Emyn) ~ Hill
Orod (pl. Ered) ~ Mountain
Dol ~ ‘head’ often applied to hills and mountains

North Downs:

Amon Raith

  • Dol Dínen (dínen meaning silent). From what I remember of the area, although its in a valley it is still hilly, I guess Silent Hills.
  • Amon Amrûn (amrûn meaning east, orient¹).  Eastern Hill perhaps.
  • Amon Raith (raith is pl. of rath meaning ways or paths²). Hill of Paths.
  • Dol Nendír (nen meaning water (nend = watery¹), dír is from tír meaning watchful). My closest guess is Hill of Watchful Water.

Lone-lands:

Amon Sûl

  • Amon Sûl (sûl meaning wind)  This is famously known as Weathertop, situated in the Weather Hills.
  • Amon Ros (ros meaning spray or foam, ross meaning rain¹)  Hill of Rain, I think.

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(Translations are from the Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin, The Silmarillion, J.R. R. Tolkien unless otherwise noted.  I am not an expert at all – if you see any mistakes please let me know!)

¹ Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (both Sindarin to English and analogical English to Sindarin)
² Lotro forum thread by Laire

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